But a little known fact is that India helped China extend its diplomatic outreach in Africa some years ago. India lost the elections to Japan at that time. “Now of course, India has a diplomatic presence in Ivory Coast which looks after Liberia as well,” he said. New Delhi: Talk about India and China in the African context and the words that come to mind to define the two are competitors and strategic rivals. “I guess they did not want to ask the Americans” who had the largest diplomatic presence in Liberia, Tharoor said on the sidelines of a recent seminar on India-Africa relations.

Source: Mint August 01, 2016 07:07 UTC